Word: possession
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that I see truth as being central to any discussion about pedagogy. Therefore, I begin my teaching with what I call the three-fold synthesis of truth: I let my students know that I perceive the world in a particular manner and because I am a social being I possess certain values. Thus I am neither neutral nor unbiased in my presentation of pedagogical materials. I go even further. I say that each society has its own heroes and villains, its own ideals of man, and its own values. Whatever I do, I make my students understand that the Euro...
...labor unrest that has been bedeviling Britain continued to possess the country last week. Highways remained glazed with snow because striking maintenance men refused to sand or plow them. Soaring Everests of garbage piled up in London streets as a walkout of refuse collectors entered a sixth week, and sporadic work stoppages there and in other cities by public employees fouled up the operations of hospitals and schools. Thus even though the public workers' walkout finally seemed headed toward a settlement, there was an air of desperation about Labor Prime Minister James Callaghan when he appeared in Parliament. Waving...
...fossil record until the accidental discovery of a living specimen by a British biologist some 40 years ago. Since then, fishermen have caught two dozen more live coelacanths in their nets Unfortunately, the creatures, which grow to about 1.5 meters (5 ft.), weigh about 70 kg (150 Ibs.) and possess four large fins−apparently the evolutionary beginnings of limbs−usually were dead by the time they reached scientists...
...report card, Hamlisch's music and Sager's lyrics score no higher than Bs, but they possess a finger-snapping vitality that turns explosive in the title number. A well-earned A goes to Douglas W. Schmidt's stunningly sophisticated sets, Tharon Musser's evocative lighting and Ann Roth's clever costumes. Great joy has come to Shubert Alley...
...Henry, Charles Repole moves with the erratic precision of a broken watch spring, but his tap and soft-shoe dances possess the style that Walter Mitty's dreams are made of. He looks astonishingly like Eddie Cantor, the show's original star, but his manner is endearingly cuddlesome, rather like Joel Grey's. Choreographer Dan Siretta's dance numbers blaze across the stage like prairie fires, and the smashing chorus girls are a bouquet of red, red roses...